US Colleges and Universities

higher-ed

Every active, degree-granting US college and university that takes part in federal student aid, as IPEDS reports it.

Index 12.0 · scanned 2026-10-11 · up to 32 URLs per site · 3954 organizations · 3553 scanned (89.9% coverage) · scored as higher-ed

Median score 58 across 3553 sites
Middle half 51–64 spread around the median
Full range 16–78 lowest to highest
Gated 1283 of 3553 block AI crawlers outright

Middle of 14 cohorts. All cohorts 50 · best cohort 58.

Where this list came from

The source, and how we filtered it

Source IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, HD2024 (directory information), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) (2024-fall)
LicenseA work of the United States federal government. Not subject to domestic copyright (17 U.S.C. § 105).
How we filtered itEvery institution in HD2024 that is active (CYACTIVE 1), degree-granting (DEGGRANT 1) and either takes part in Title IV federal student aid or is a branch of one that does (OPEFLAG 1 or 2): 3,954 institutions in the 50 states, DC and the territories. The address is the institution's own WEBADDR, trimmed and given a scheme. A path on a host only one institution reports is cut back to the site root; a path on a host several report (a chain of campuses on one domain) is kept, because it is what tells the campuses apart. Nothing is dropped for sharing a host: each institution keeps its row and the website is measured once. Rows are ordered by state and name, and carry no rank. See scripts/prepare-higher-ed-roster.
Instead ofThe US News ranking, a copyrighted compilation we may read but not relicense, which ranks prestige rather than describing the population.
Built2026-10-11

The filtering is ours and is disclosed as ours. The source published a list; the decision about which rows of it belong in a cohort was a judgment call, and it is written down so somebody can disagree with it.

Distribution

Where the 3553 sites land

GradeShare of the cohort SitesShare
Adequate
1489 41.9%
Weak
1714 48.2%
Not ready
325 9.1%
Strong
25 0.7%
By dimension

What the cohort earns, dimension by dimension

The mean share of each dimension’s available points that this cohort earned. Low here means the whole sector is weak on it, not that one site dragged an average down. The per-site spread is in the dataset.

DimensionMean share earned Mean
#1 · Reach
These parameters determine the fundamental ease of access that AI has to your site information.
75%
#2 · Read
AI generally turns off JavaScript. Does your site information survive without it?
52%
#3 · Understand
Does a machine know who and what you are?
30%
#4 · Act
Sitemaps, redirects, 404s, licensing terms, and not wasting the crawl budget.
76%
How much of each site we read

The cap is 32 URLs and it is a ceiling, not a promise. A portal whose every link points at a different host yields one page; a university yields the full sample. The median here is 32, the range 1–32, published so that "we sampled 32 URLs per site" cannot become a claim the data does not support.

214 sites in this cohort served a certificate we could not verify. They were read anyway and scored normally, because reporting no response for a site every browser loads would describe our TLS stack rather than the site, and each one carries the finding in its row.

Where this cohort fails

6 tests almost nobody in this cohort passes

Universal — nobody passes these 6 checks · 1 of them worth 2 points or more
TestWhat it asks FailingOf Points
ACT-3 If you have a public API, is it described in a standard file?
100.0%
3 2
EXT-12 Do you tell search engines the moment a page changes?
100.0%
3553 0
EXT-15 Can an AI agent find out how to sign in to your site?
100.0%
3 0
EXT-16 Do you publish a card or a skills list for the agents you run?
100.0%
3553 0
EXT-17 Do you list your agents in your domain's DNS records?
100.0%
3345 0
EXT-7 If you run real question-and-answer pages, are they marked as such?
100.0%
231 0
Near-universal — 95% and above 9 checks · 2 of them worth 2 points or more
TestWhat it asks FailingOf Points
EXT-11 Have you marked the part of a page that answers a spoken question?
99.8%
3553 0
EXT-2 Do you list your APIs and agent tools where agents look for them?
99.8%
401 0
EXT-14 Does your site offer its actions to AI browsers as tools?
99.6%
3449 0
EXT-18 Do you tell AI shoppers how they can pay?
99.5%
208 0
RED-10 Do you offer a plain-text (Markdown) copy of your pages?
99.5%
3132 2
PST-2 Have you posted a Content Signals statement about what AI may do with your content?
99.4%
3553 0
RED-12 If a machine asks for Markdown, does your site give it?
98.9%
3553 2
RED-5 Do your PDFs and images have their own rules for search and quoting?
97.8%
3019 1
UND-5 Does the author label in your page code point to that person?
96.8%
2984 1
Common — 90 to 95% 2 checks · 1 of them worth 2 points or more
TestWhat it asks FailingOf Points
UND-2 Does your site use the page labels that search engines still read for what you publish?
91.8%
3511 3
EXT-1 Do you publish an llms.txt file for coding assistants?
91.7%
3553 0

Coral bars mark tests worth 2 points or more, the failures that actually move a score.

Every site

Every 3,954, named, with a report for each

Whether or not it has been scanned. Rows with no website on record, sites that were unreachable and sites that turned us away stay in the table with the reason on them, and none of them enters an average: dropping them would shrink the population to the part that was easy to measure. A few points between two neighbors is noise. The box filters every row in the cohort, not only the page you are on; click a header to sort the rows on this page by name or by score.

Showing 2,701–2,800 of 3,954 · page 28 of 40

SiteScore GatedPages read Report
Defiance College defiance.eduIPEDS UnitID 202514; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 63 No 32
Denison University denison.eduIPEDS UnitID 202523; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 62 No 32
DeVry University-Ohio devry.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 482574; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 11 other institutions, measured once; not measured: HTTP 403 — No —
East Ohio College eastohio.eduIPEDS UnitID 204884; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 59 No 32
Edison State Community College edisonohio.eduIPEDS UnitID 202648; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 67 No 32
ETI Technical College of Niles eticollege.eduunreachableIPEDS UnitID 200590; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it — No —
Felbry College felbrycollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 487861; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 58 No 32
Fortis College-Centerville fortiscollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 205179; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 49 No 16
Fortis College-Cincinnati fortis.eduIPEDS UnitID 450067; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 20 other institutions, measured once 54 Gated 32
Fortis College-Columbus fortis.eduIPEDS UnitID 450058; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 20 other institutions, measured once 54 Gated 32
Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls fortis.eduIPEDS UnitID 487302; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 20 other institutions, measured once 54 Gated 32
Franciscan University of Steubenville franciscan.eduIPEDS UnitID 205957; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 49 No 32
Franklin University franklin.eduIPEDS UnitID 202806; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 54 Gated 32
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati galencollege.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 452948; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 19 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once; not measured: HTTP 403 — No —
Global Tech College globaltech.eduIPEDS UnitID 493521; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 69 No 32
Gods Bible School and College gbs.eduunreachableIPEDS UnitID 202903; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it — No —
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science gscollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 202912; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 47 Gated 30
Heidelberg University heidelberg.eduIPEDS UnitID 203085; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 70 No 31
Herzing University-Akron herzing.eduIPEDS UnitID 200785; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 10 other institutions, measured once 73 No 32
Hiram College hiram.eduIPEDS UnitID 203128; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 61 Gated 32
Hocking College hocking.eduIPEDS UnitID 203155; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 51 Gated 32
Hondros College of Nursing hondros.eduIPEDS UnitID 203386; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 59 No 32
James A. Rhodes State College rhodesstate.eduIPEDS UnitID 203678; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 60 No 30
John Carroll University jcu.eduIPEDS UnitID 203368; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 50 No 32
Kent State University at Ashtabula kent.eduIPEDS UnitID 203447; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 7 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 63 No 32
Kent State University at East Liverpool kent.eduIPEDS UnitID 203456; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 7 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 63 No 32
Kent State University at Geauga kent.eduIPEDS UnitID 203526; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 7 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 63 No 32
Kent State University at Kent kent.eduIPEDS UnitID 203517; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 7 other institutions, measured once 63 No 32
Kent State University at Salem kent.eduIPEDS UnitID 203492; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 7 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 63 No 32
Kent State University at Stark kent.eduIPEDS UnitID 203465; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 7 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 63 No 32
Kent State University at Trumbull kent.eduIPEDS UnitID 203474; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 7 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 63 No 32
Kent State University at Tuscarawas kent.eduIPEDS UnitID 203483; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 7 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 63 No 32
Kenyon College kenyon.eduIPEDS UnitID 203535; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 68 No 32
Kettering College kc.eduIPEDS UnitID 203544; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 42 Gated 32
Lake Erie College lec.eduIPEDS UnitID 203580; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 70 No 32
Lakeland Community College lakelandcc.eduIPEDS UnitID 203599; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 53 No 32
Lorain County Community College lorainccc.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 203748; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 — No —
Lourdes University lourdes.eduIPEDS UnitID 203757; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 54 No 32
Malone University malone.eduIPEDS UnitID 203775; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 48 No 1
Marietta College marietta.eduIPEDS UnitID 203845; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 69 No 32
Marion Technical College mtc.eduIPEDS UnitID 203881; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 54 No 31
Mercy College of Ohio mercycollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 203960; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 61 Gated 32
Methodist Theological School in Ohio mtso.eduIPEDS UnitID 203997; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 68 No 32
Miami University-Hamilton miamioh.eduIPEDS UnitID 204006; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 2 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 64 No 32
Miami University-Middletown miamioh.eduIPEDS UnitID 204015; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 2 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 64 No 32
Miami University-Oxford miamioh.eduIPEDS UnitID 204024; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 2 other institutions, measured once 64 No 32
Mount Carmel College of Nursing mccn.eduIPEDS UnitID 204176; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 68 No 1
Mount St. Joseph University msj.eduIPEDS UnitID 204200; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 51 No 32
Mount Vernon Nazarene University mvnu.eduIPEDS UnitID 204194; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 58 No 32
Muskingum University muskingum.eduIPEDS UnitID 204264; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 64 No 32
MyComputerCareer at Columbus mycomputercareer.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 451477; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 2 other institutions, measured once; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
North Central State College ncstatecollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 204422; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 54 Gated 32
Northeast Ohio Medical University neomed.eduIPEDS UnitID 204477; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 66 No 32
Northwest State Community College northweststate.eduIPEDS UnitID 204440; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 55 No 32
Oberlin College oberlin.eduIPEDS UnitID 204501; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 71 No 32
Ohio Business College-Sandusky ohiobusinesscollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 203739; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 26 Gated 1
Ohio Business College-Sheffield obc.eduIPEDS UnitID 203720; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 54 Gated 32
Ohio Christian University ohiochristian.eduIPEDS UnitID 201964; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 44 Gated 32
Ohio Dominican University ohiodominican.eduIPEDS UnitID 204617; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 53 No 32
Ohio Institute of Allied Health oiah.eduIPEDS UnitID 483647; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 48 No 31
Ohio Medical Career College omcc.eduIPEDS UnitID 453792; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 56 No 1
Ohio Northern University onu.eduIPEDS UnitID 204635; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 62 No 32
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute ati.osu.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 204662; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 — No —
Ohio State University-Lima Campus lima.osu.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 204671; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Ohio State University-Main Campus osu.eduIPEDS UnitID 204796; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 62 No 32
Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus mansfield.osu.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 204680; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Ohio State University-Marion Campus osumarion.osu.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 204699; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Ohio State University-Newark Campus newark.osu.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 204705; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Ohio Technical College ohiotech.eduIPEDS UnitID 204608; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 62 No 32
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus ohio.eduIPEDS UnitID 204820; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 5 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 61 Gated 32
Ohio University-Eastern Campus ohio.eduIPEDS UnitID 204802; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 5 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 61 Gated 32
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus ohio.eduIPEDS UnitID 204848; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 5 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 61 Gated 32
Ohio University-Main Campus ohio.eduIPEDS UnitID 204857; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 5 other institutions, measured once 61 Gated 32
Ohio University-Southern Campus ohio.eduIPEDS UnitID 204839; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 5 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 61 Gated 32
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus ohio.eduIPEDS UnitID 204866; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 5 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 61 Gated 32
Ohio Wesleyan University owu.eduIPEDS UnitID 204909; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 40 No 32
Otterbein University otterbein.eduIPEDS UnitID 204936; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 56 No 32
Owens Community College owens.eduIPEDS UnitID 204945; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 53 Gated 32
Payne Theological Seminary payneseminary.eduIPEDS UnitID 204990; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 66 No 32
Pontifical College Josephinum pcj.edublockedIPEDS UnitID 205027; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; not measured: HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) — No —
Professional Skills Institute proskills.eduIPEDS UnitID 205054; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 33 Gated 1
Rabbinical College Telshe independentrabbinicalcolleges.orgIPEDS UnitID 205124; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 2 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 57 No 1
Remington College-Cleveland Campus remingtoncollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 375416; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 10 other institutions, measured once; the address on record points at a page within a site that several institutions share, which is what tells this campus from its siblings; the site is measured once 62 No 32
Rosedale Bible College rosedale.eduIPEDS UnitID 439899; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 67 No 24
Ross College-Canton rosseducation.eduIPEDS UnitID 490832; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 5 other institutions, measured once 60 No 32
Ross College-Sylvania rosseducation.eduIPEDS UnitID 452081; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 5 other institutions, measured once 60 No 32
Shawnee State University shawnee.eduIPEDS UnitID 205443; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 61 No 32
Sinclair Community College sinclair.eduIPEDS UnitID 205470; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 44 Gated 16
Southern State Community College sscc.eduIPEDS UnitID 205966; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 48 No 1
Stark State College starkstate.eduIPEDS UnitID 205841; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 59 No 32
Stautzenberger College-Brecksville sctoday.eduIPEDS UnitID 448600; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 1 other institution, measured once 47 No 32
Stautzenberger College-Maumee sctoday.eduIPEDS UnitID 205887; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it; shares one website with 1 other institution, measured once 47 No 32
Terra State Community College terra.eduIPEDS UnitID 206011; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 67 No 32
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences thechristcollege.eduIPEDS UnitID 201821; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 51 Gated 31
The College of Wooster wooster.eduIPEDS UnitID 206589; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 66 No 32
The Modern College of Design themodern.eduIPEDS UnitID 205391; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 53 Gated 32
The University of Findlay findlay.eduIPEDS UnitID 202763; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 50 Gated 32
Tiffin University tiffin.eduIPEDS UnitID 206048; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 64 No 32
Tri-State Bible College tsbc.eduIPEDS UnitID 206154; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 50 Gated 31
United Theological Seminary united.eduIPEDS UnitID 206288; web address as the institution reported it to IPEDS (HD2024), not checked by loading it 61 No 29

Scores are for the population, not for ranking two named sites against each other. A few points between neighbors is noise. See what these numbers can and cannot support. Data: sites.csv · checks.csv · summary.json